Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by muffins:

The pickaxe is a weapon and is super effective against golems.
Wolves (pet) and boars (food) can be tamed.
Green guck from swamps and surtling cores as mentioned above.
You can fish.

Sadly the pickaxe is so slow that the dps might actually be lower than a wooden club.

The iron mace, which you should have entering the mountains as its the best swamp weapon by far, does much higher dps against the golems.